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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 25.-The Indus
trial Gazette of this date makes the an
nouncement thst there has just been I'M
covered near Tuscaloosa, Ala, beds of
red hematite iron ore sixteen feet thick,
which analyses G2d per cent. of metallic
iron and is believed 10 be the most ex-
tensive and valuable deposit Of the kind
in the United States.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
Fort Worth Bazaar OF Fashion I!

Mrs. c. D. BROWN having sold
off her winter stock is now rrfill-
ing her shelves with new and
stylish goods suitable to the com.
ing season.
Mrs. Brown never buys what
are known as Job lots, con-
sisting OF old, shop worn, anti
quated, unreasonable, Jut OF
fashion, bankrupted and damaged
stocks; on the contrary, she al
ways buys the best qualities and
latest and most approved styles,
keeping up with the times.
she has several large shipments
of new goods now in transit,
and they are already beginning
to arr i've.
As he etOfOre Hrs. Brown will
keep abreast of the times by re-
ceiying from manufacturers and
importers the newest styles as
fast and as often as they are made
and issued, so that ladies of Fort
Worth and >Orlh Texas can pro-
care the most elegant ana fash
ienable attire as vel at this
BAZAAR OF FASHION
IS in any eastern or northern
PiIv
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
DRESS GOODS.

In this department We are selling silks,
satins, surahs and wooden materials al
prices away below all competition. The
reserved stock of NJ. & NJ. on sale
this week.
Special bargains in silk warp Henri
ettas, French csshmeres and other i'm
ported dress fabrics.
Pure all wool. double width albatross,
worth Csc, for 4Oc.
Pure al wool French cashmeres, worth
Csc, for 40c.
Double width English cashmeres, worth
soc, for SOC.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
FOR THE BOYS.

lot boys French percale waists, assorted
colors, including fine assortment of in
digo blues, worth Sl.25 each, for 7jc to
close them out.
l lot at 25c and SOC, worth GOc and 15c
each.
lot boys knee pants made of all wool
English cassImeres, worth 81, for 75c to
close them out
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
Voice and O'Nein Indicted.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. % George W.
Voice aud Patrick O'Neill, two police
men of East St. Louis, who were re-
Gently arrested on a charge of numbering
ex-Mayor John B. Bowman of that city,
on November 20, 1885, were indicted by
the grand jury st Belleville, H., this
afternoon for murder in the first degree.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
General Logan's Burial Place.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Logan
has selected the center of the circle of the
north end of the South Park for burial
place for herself and General Logan, ano
as site for the monument to General
Logan.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
Mrs. Sprague.


Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Feb. 25.-The wife
and children of Amasa Sprague, the once
famous Rhode Island millionaire, arrived
in the city to-day, and propose stopping
8 couple of weeks.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26

NORFOLK, VA, Feb. 25.-Commodore
William Truxton, United States Navy, re-
tired, died suddenly in this city to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26

Continued on Fifth Pare.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
BAZAAR OF FASHION

IS in any eastern or northern
city.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
BLAINE'S TRIP TO EUROPE.
Correspondent N. Y. World


Those who have followed Mr.. Blaine's
movements since he became an aspi-
rant for the presidential chair are not
surprised to learn that his trip to Eu-
rope will not be solely for the benefit
statesman is greatly alarmed over his
physical condition he sees in Europe
and more particularly in Ireland field
for a political boom which has never
before been worked. In other words
the Plumed Knight means to parade in
Europe as an Irish sympathizer, and
rely upon the Irish American press to
glOrify him in the eyes of the friends
of Ireland.
While Mr.. Blaine is enjoying a
change of scene across the water he
will not remain idle. For a man of
such activity and tireless energy, COM
plete seclusion from political life would
not rest him. To occupy his mind and
assure himself that in his absence from
America he is not being handicapped i'm
the race for 1888, he will devote what
time his health will allow to placing
himself prominently on record as a
friend of Ireland. Soon after his arri-
val in England Mr.. Blaine will visit
Gladstone and put himself in co opera
ton with the great leader of the Home
Rule party. After fitting reception
it is his intention to be dined in public
at the Home Rule clubs and in speech
es and toasts to vent his views on the
Irish question in the heart of London.
No one is more thoroughly aware of
the interest now existing on this sub
ject, which is the best topic an Ameri-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26

can can select to talk on. The more
radical his views the more attention
his speeches will attract in the English
press and the more potent will be the
effect on this side of the water.
From England the Plumed Knight
will make a pilgrimage to Ireland.
If it can be arranged Parnell will ac-
company him and together the two
statesmen will receive ovations from
the people, address public meetings
and create such an enthusiasm as no
American citizen has ever yet received
in Ireland. Mr.. Blaine will have Sc
cured the Endorsement of Gladstone,
and he expects that his arraignment of
English oppression in the Home Rule
clubs will arouse the London press.
Preceded by this his trip through Ire
land will be grand triumphal tour
with Ovations and welcomes on every
hand. Already the Maine statesman
is said to be the best known American
in Ireland. In the last campaign he
catered to the Irish vote, taking for
the text of many speeches the fact that
his grandmother, Mrs. Gillespie, "was
of Irish descent and a good Catholic"
Since his defeat Mr.. Blaine has lost no
opportunity to foster popularity with
the Irish and undo the fatal allitera-
tive remark of the famous DR.. Bur-
chard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26

saved little money, thought that if
the place went cheap, she would pay
down part and give a mortgage for
the remainder.
"And my sister would keep board
ers,n she considered, "and l could al
ways have a nice home there"
But Simon Lockedge was the most
determined of all to have the parson-
age.
81 could fix it up" he said to himself,
"and live there comfortable. It's a
dreadful pretty location, and I'm
bound to have it, especially since
mothers investments have turned out
bad and we have got to sell the old
farm. Nothing has gone right with us
since | broke with the parsons grand
daughter. 1t wasn't quite the square
thing to do, but there seemed no other
way. But, let mother say what she
will, it brought bad luck to me-"
And the rustic crowd surged in and
out, and the auctiOneer mounted to the
platform on an old kitchen table, and
the bidding began at five hundred
dollars, and hung fire for some time.
"Six hundred !" said cautious Simon
LOckedge.
"Seven !" piped Miss Dodge, family.
eight" said Simon resolutely.
ga thousand ~ uttered the voice of
a quiet yelled lady in the corner.
"Taint worth that" said the squire,
soto UOce call run down fences gone
to nothing"
But Simon Lockedge wanted it very
much.
"Eleven hundred ~ he said slowly
and unwillingly.
"Fifteen hundred 2" spoke the soft
voice, decidedly.
Fifteen hundred - bawled the auc-
tiOneer. "I'm offered fifteen hundred
dollars for s-fifteen-teen-tee
Fifteen hundred, once, fifteen hundred
twice-fifteen hundred, three times,
and gone What name, ma'am, if you
please 2"
And the lady, throwing aside her
veil, answered, calmly:
"Joanna Foxw
The old parsonage was rebuilt, and
studded with little bay windows and
medieval porches. Laurels and rho
dOdendrOns were tastefully set out in
the grounds, the little brook was
bridged over with rustic cedar wood,
and Joanna Fox and Miss WOOdin came
there to live in modest comfort.
But Mrs. Lockedge and her son NOV
ed out of FOxville when the mortgage
on the old place was foreclosed and the
place that had known them knew them
no more.
And Mrs. EmmOns said:
"She's done real well, Joanna has,
always knew there was somethin' in
her."
And Mrs. Wentworth and the Misses
Barton tried desperately to become in
innate with the young authOress, but
without avail.
For there is nothing in the wide
world so successful as success, and it is
fetish which has many worshipers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
Beecher on a BOb-TaiI Car.

Mr.. Beecher was once charged will
stealing cents, says the New York
| Tribune. 1t was when, one day three
or four years ago, he rode uptown in 8
Blocker street bOb-ta car with his
old friend, George l.. Crane, then a
member of the music committee in
Plymouth Church. The two were out
on a search for "talent" to help along
the choir. A lady entered the car and
took seat. Mr.. Beecher, who was
standing muffied in his great coat and
SLOUGH hat, handed up her quarter, and
receiving an envelope with the change,
opened it, put cents in the box and
handed back the rest. The lady count
ed the change carefully, and, looking
severely at the Plymouth pastor, said :
''It is 5 cents short, sir You have
some of the change"
Mr.. Beecher flushed scarlet, and
looked the picture of guilty confusion.
No one was ever more easily embar-
raised in the presence of harshness of
Judgment or ill breeding in others.
His native pOliteness and kindness of
heart made him excessively sensitive
to such exhibitions.
"POssibly, madam" he stammered,
L
ask the driver" and, stepping to the
door, he hammered on the glass, and
made signs to the driver to open. The
door was pushed back, and a broad
Celtic face appeared in the opening
with a "Well WHAT'S a-wanting 2"
"This lady," said Mr.. Beecher, point
ing to his severely Observant accuser,
complains that she did not receive
the right change. There must be some
mistake"
81 don't know nothin' about it," in
terrupted the Jehu with a sneer eff
yees want yer change, yees'll have to
ride to the end of the line. G'lang ="
and the door was closed with bang
that shut off further discussion.
Mr.. Beecher stood embarrassed and
irresolute before the indignant woman,
who still held the change in her ex
tended hand. Mr.. Crane, who had
been secretly enjoying the scene, came
to the rescue of his pastor by suggest
ing that he should give her five cents.
A smile of satisfaction lit up Mr.. Beech
er's face as he put his hand in his
pocket, and, pulling out a nickel, said:
"AllOw me, madam, to correct the
mistake. | am very sorry"
The woman dropped the coin in her
pocket book with contemptuOus sniff.
and turned her head away without re-
plying. AS she did so, a passenger on
the opposite side of the car whis-
pered something in her ear, of which
Mr.. Crane heard the one word "Beech
er." The woman gave a violent and
sudden start, stole one brief, searching
glance at the stout stranger, and drop
ped her veil, cOlOring to the temples.
of how swiftly he had been avenged.
He never referred to the matter after
ward and disliked to have it spoken of.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
Our Railroad Personal Rates.



The Interstate commerce bill com
pels us to adopt schedule of railroad
advertising rates which we beg leave
to announce as follows:
L. For the setting forth of the vir-
tues (actual or alleged) of presidents,
general managers, or directors, 81 pei
line for first insertion and 81 for eacl
subsequent insertion.
2. For puffs expressed in choice
English, with occasional French phras-
es or pOetical extracts 1.-THE whole with
palpable motive of honest enthusi-
asm), $3.50 per line so per cent. re-
ductiOn on each subsequent insertion.
8. General passenger agents and
division superintendent will be ac-
corded half rates on the terms offered
in rule No. /. But in all cases when
the title of colonel is used regular first
class rates will be demanded.
4. Thousand mile tickets on the
basis of two cents per mile will be re
ceived in exchange for advertising
done at our card rates, but these tick
cts must hold good on passenger as
well as on freight trains.
D. No deviation from the card rates
can be made in favor of parties hand
ing us cent cigars with the puffs
they desire published.
o. For complimentary notices oil
wives and children of railroad officials
we demand $3.50 per line. We have
on hand, ready for immediate use, a
splendid assortment of this literature.
z. Poetry will he made to order at
SD per inch, agate measure. We are
prepared to supply fine line of hep
tameter putfs, also limited number
of sOnnets and triOlets in exchange for
1000 mile tickets. Epic poems, con-
tanning descriptions of scenery, dining
cars, ETC., will be published at special
rates.
8. General superintendent sending
requests for the suppression of news
must accompany their requests with
$40 bills-nOt necessarily for publica-
ton, but as a guaranty of good faith.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
The Sort of Man b. Bill Is.
Salt Lake Tribune.


In refitting Buffalo Bill bought six
wild mules for the coach. They were
large animals, that had the obstinate
jaws characteristic of the "impenitent
mule" When ready for performance
to be given the next day, the driver
went to him and said "Mr. Cody,
those mules are wilder than Comanches
and savage as grizzlies. When the
shooting commences they will take to
the hills and you might as we'll try to
stop cyclone" "That MEANS" said
Cody, "that you don't want to drive
them ?" "There will be no drive
about it," said the man. at will be
simply ride while it lasts" every
WE'LL" said Cody, Glitch up your cy-
clone and tell the Indians we will have
IA rehearsal" Cody had secured the
fair grounds of some eastern town for
a place for his exhibition, and the
the grounds. The mules were har-
messed to the coach and held until CO.
dy got on the box and secured the
reins. He had ordered the Indians to
commence firing when he started, and
to keep it up as long as their ponies
could keep in reasonable distance of
the stage. Then he told the men who
were holding the mules to fall back,
and the race began. The mules ran
around the track six times. Cody
merely tried at first to keep them with
in the enclosure. When after three
miles the blown animals began to show
signs of distress, Cody began whipping
them, cracking his whip and yelling
like an Apache. When the last three
miles were completed the mules stop
ped at the word, just able to stand.
Cody gave it as his belief that they
were thoroughly broken, and zone of
the sweetest driving teams" that he
had ever tried to engineer, and the
employees who watched the perform
ance quietly passed the word from one
to the other that the cold man is chief,
sure enough" 1t is by such means
that "BuffalO Bill" holds his motley
band of cowboys and Indians in sub
lection, and when they show symp-
toms Of a quarrel among themselves he
goes direct to the one who is making
the trouble and tells him in soft voice,
but with the old dangerous glitter in
his eyes that he always takes a hand
when there is trouble in his camp, and
that is enough.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
SQUIBS.

We regret to learn that the Chicago
anarchists have disbanded. We have
always thought they should hang to.
gether.- Philadelphia Press.
Kansas City man-"I suppose you've
never been in Kansas City, have you p
Omaha man-"I was there last week. u
Last week Oh, but you ought to see it
now"
A tall, lank, red -nOsed man came
into Maine liquor agency with a large
jug, which he placed on the counter
with the remark: 81 want a gallon of
rum-baby is sick"
Contributor: "Here is a manuscript
| wish to submit" Editor (waving his
hand y "I'm sorry. We are all full
just now" Contributor (blandly y
every well; 1 will call again when
some of You are sober"
"The war is all over now," said an
old Alabama farmer the other day,
"an' ] amt got no ill-will toward no.
body ; yet, hang me if a United States
building don't always seem to me to be
their'n, an not our'n."
Capt. Bryll Ito wife of his bosom)-
My dear, I've been trying hard to bow
to Lord and Lady Tyrbutt but they
cut me dead, confound it! Mrs. Bryil
All right. Then let's cut Mr.. and
Mrs. Spratte, who are trying hard to
bow to us
"This is a COrreggio, is it not, Mrs.
Midas 2" asked the visitor. ooh, dear,
no." replied the hostess. awe have
no American paintings at all. That is
something Mr. Midas nicked nm
abroad. 1t is by some Eyetalian his
name-I forgot, but it's on the back of
the picture" Visitor investigates with
an air of profound interest and reads
"Prang & Co.. Brooklyn Eagle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
WHAT BECAME OF HER.

There was a great cOmmOtion il
Foxville when old ParsOn Fox died
1t was not because he was the pioneer
of the place, having come there wher
the woods were one primeval mass o
green and himself having erected the
old stone parsonage around which the
thriving village had grown up with in
credible rapidity. 1t was not that he
had preached the gospel to them fol-
four and forty years it was not tina
his footsteps had been instant on ev-
cry threshold where sickness came OIL
sorrow brOOded.
All this had been received as mat
ter of course, and forgotten as soon as
the necessities were past. But it was
because FOxville's curiosity was on the
qui vive about Joanna, his grandchild
the sole remaining blossom on the
gnarled old family tree, who was left
unprovided for.
81 declare to goodness" said Mrs
EmmOns, 81 don't know what is to be-
come of that girl"
"She hasn't no faculty." said Sabina
Sextyn, the village dressmaker, "anG
never had"
"BoOks possessed no charm to her,
sighed Miss Dodge, who taught the
FOxville district school. "She always
cried over her parsing and rhetoric
and | never could make her understand
cube root"
"There's no denyin' that the old
minister was as near saint as we of
ten see in this world" said Mrs. Duke
Lockedge, piOusly, "but he hadn't
ought to let Joanna run loose in the
woods and fields the way he did. Why
| don't suppose she ever made shirt
or fried batch of fritters in all her
life.n
sis it true" said Miss Dodge, peer
ing inquisitively up under her specta-
Gle glasses, "that she is engaged to
your Simon, Mrs. Lockedge 7"
Mrs. LOckedge closed her mouth,
and shook her head and knitted away
until her needles shone liked forked
lightning.
"Simon's like all other young men,
Miss Dodge" said she, ''took by a
pretty face and q pair of bright eyes.
school. And as long as we s'pOsed
Parson Fox had left property, why,
there wasn't nOthin'-nOt even life
insurance. So I've talked to Simon
and made him hear reason. There
can't nobody live on air."
''But that's rather hard on Joanna,
amt it 7" said Mrs. Emmons, with a
sympathetic wheeze.
"ReasOn is reason" Mrs. Lockedge
answered. "My son will have proper
ty and the girl he marries must have
suthin' to match it,"
So that Joanna Fox, sitting listless-
ly in her black dress by the window,
where the scent of June honeysuckles
fioated sweetly in, and trying to real
ize that she was alone in the world,
had divers and sundry visitors that
day. The first was Simon Lockedge,
looking as if his errand was some how
connected with grand larceny.
Joanna started up, her wan face
frightened. She was only sixteen-a
brown haired, brown eyed girl, with a
solemn red mouth and round, white
throat, banded with black velvet.
"Oh, SimOn," she said, 81 knew you
would come when you heard"
Simon Lockedge wriggled uneasily
into a seat, instead of advancing to
clasp her little hand.
eyes," he said, "of course it's very
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
A Clean Sweep in the Kitchen.
Omaha World.

Omaha World.
Political BOSWELL, the country is
safe at last. Col. Goright has been
kicked out of the post Office.
His wife-Why, didn't he attend to
his duties?
"Oh, yes"
"And did his work accurately and
promptly with only half enough helpP'
ayes, that's So"
"And he had been doing it for 20
odd years, hadn't he 2"
ayes, but he didn't vote our ticket"
"That reminds mel just discharg-
ed our cook"
"What Why she has been with us
ever since we were married she was
trained by my mother and knew every
little popularity of taste we have :;
there never was such a girl and you
have been the envy of every woman in
town."
eyes but her complexion doesn't
match our new furniture"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
Solomon's Judgment in Chinese.
London academy.


Two women came before manda-
rim in China, each of them protesting
that she was the mother of a little
child they had brought with the m
They were so eager and so positive
that the mandarin was sOrely puzzled.
He retired to consult with his wife,
who was a wise and clever woman,
whose opinion was held in great re-
pute in the neighbOrhOod. She re-
quested five minutes in which to DELHI
crate. At the end of that time she
spoke: "Let the servants catch me a
large fish in the river, and let it be
brought me here alive" This was
done. "Bring me now the infant" she
said, "but leave the women in the out
er chamber" This was done, too.
Then the mandarin's wife caused the
baby to be undressed, and its clothes
put on the large fish. "Carry the crea-
ture outside now, and throw it into the
river in the sight of the two women"
The servant Obeyed her orders, fling
ing the fish into the water, where it
rolled about and struggled, Disguised,
no doubt, by the wrapping in which it
was swaddled. Without a moments
pause, one of the mothers threw her
self into the river with shrek. She
must save her drowning child. "With-
out doubt she is the true MOTHER" she
declared; and the mandarin's wife
commanded that she should be rescued
and the child given to her. And the
mandarin nodded his head and thought
his wife the wisest woman in the Flow
cry Kingdom. Meantime the false
mother crept away. She was found
out in her imposture and the manda-
rims wife forgot all about her in the
occupation of clothing the little baby
in the best silk she could find in her
Wardrobe
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
The Place to Take Root.
LudLO11 Tribune.

"Why don't you get rid of that
snow, or come out here where nearly
all small grain is up 2" queries sub
scriber at Spirit Lake, Iowa, under
date April 25. To which we hasten to
"reply" in the approved Yankee fash
ion of a counter query-Why don't you
get rid of those cyclones that make
your beautiful western country a dread
by day and terror by night? AS for
us, we prefer to stay where the grain
comes up i'll the natural way, and the
trees and houses stay planted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-05-26
Why Not i'm St. JOhnsbury.
SnrinnfeLd TniOn

The Burlington, Vt, Free Press dis
cusses the "milk bar" from the stand
point of experience. 1t says: "Our
own city is fortunate in having at
least one place where glass of sweet
cool milk can be had by the passer-by,
and we would be glad to sec more OF
them" A reader of the Union, speak
ing of this subject day or two ago,
said: "If | were a young man looking
for something to do, L would under
take milk bar and believe it would
pay me, besides benefiting the cOmmu
nifty" Where is the man or woman
with pluck to try it.